Submarines, that's right, submarines ... Since the beginning of the Sichuan period, Yan Guang has always attached great importance to the development of submarines, after all, in the European War and World War II, the submarine branch of the army has created a lot of brilliance, even in the later Cold War, there are still many stories of the mysterious branch of submarines.

What the? Where did you say the submarine came from?

This one......... In the first 100 or 200 chapters of this chapter, there is definitely a chapter that mentions the Sichuan Shipyard, a shipyard that was founded during the time of the Sichuan military and political axes.

At the same time, it should have also been mentioned that while importing shipbuilding equipment from Germany, drawings of German U-boats were also imported.

In fact, the most important task of the Sichuan shipyard at the beginning of its construction, in addition to maintaining more than a dozen shallow water gunboats purchased from Germany and training its own ship designers, was to build submarines.

After all, after the waters of the Yangtze River reach a section of Yucheng, it can only sail ships under 1,000 tons.

After the success of the Second Revolution's Northern Expedition against Yuan, while attaching importance to the development of large naval vessels, Yan Guang never neglected the development of submarines. Therefore, after entering Yanjing, in addition to the shipyard in Sichuan, Yan Guang also set up a shipyard in Wuhan, which is also specialized in building submarines like the Sichuan shipyard―――――― just like later generations... Although the Sichuan and Wuhan shipyards are deep in the hinterland, it can be a little troublesome to get in and out, but there are many advantages to doing so. First of all, these two shipyards will not be as vulnerable to attack as several shipyards along the coast, in fact, if I dare to play a decisive assault, then even those scummy ex-dreadnoughts can destroy one or two shipyards, of course, the final result is that these ex-dreadnoughts don't want to go back.

However, if I have evolved to the point where I can use aircraft carriers, then I am afraid that the result will be different.

During World War II, the shipyards in Britain and Germany were like this, and there were basically no days when they were stable... And if the shipyards are located in Sichuan or Wuhan, it will not be easy for foreign enemies to attack and harass these two shipyards. Leaving aside for the time being whether the planes have such a large range, we must know that there are quite a few air defense facilities and air bases along the way, and basically will not let the enemy's air formation survive to Sichuan or Wuhan―――――― except for the Republic of China in another time and space.

After years of development and Yan Guang's strong support, both shipyards now have a certain scale.

At the same time, on the basis of the German U-boat, the engineers of the two shipyards also designed their own new submarines. However, these were all successes after the design of many scum-like submarines.

At present, there are two main types of submarines produced by the two shipyards, the first is the [Zhenshui Worm]-class offshore submarine with a surface displacement of 320 tons and an underwater displacement of 380 tons, and the other is the [Keishui Leopard]-class ocean-going submarine with a surface displacement of 900 tons and an underwater displacement of 1,200 tons.

If in the past few years, more than a dozen submarines designed by the two shipyards have some experimental surnames, then these two types of submarines are real combat submarines―――――― of course, by the standards of this era.

Because of the low price, so far more than 70 and 30 submarines of these two types have been built respectively, and they already have the ability to fight in wolves. It's just that the speed of submarines in this era is too slow, whether it is surface speed or underwater speed, even the slowest troop carrier is inferior in speed, and Yan Guang also has more important tasks for them to do, so they can only leave them at home when they go to the North Sea.

And these submarines themselves are also Yan Guang's most powerful hole cards.

It's just that perhaps silence is the essence of the submarine force, so although the submarine force has a considerable scale in the navy, not many people have noticed the existence of the submarine force.

Maybe it's not that they didn't notice it, but it's just because people's eyes have been firmly attracted by big ships like battleships or battle cruisers, so they haven't noticed the submarine forces hidden deep underwater...―――――――――― submarine forces have developed, of course, it can't be used as decorations.

A long time ago, Yan Guang had already considered using submarines as a weapon for [breaking engagement], after all, submarines were originally specialized in this in history.

It's just that Yan Guang originally interrupted waiting until the war had reached a certain level, and then used the submarine force.

For example... When the troops of the Shenyang Military Region launched an attack on the Yue army in the northeast and Lushun, the submarine force was cooperating with the [breaking engagement] against the Yue Ben... As we all know, it is an island country, and it is an island country with extremely poor resources, and the resources of the outside world are extremely important to Yuben. If one day the resources of the outside world are gone, it will be no different from strangling the neck of Yue himself with a rope.

And China? Although the current China is different from the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the past, it attaches great importance to import and export trade, and relatively scarce resources such as copper ore also account for a large proportion of imported materials. In terms of tobacco, which is a large taxpayer, although China has begun to grow imported tobacco in Yunnan and other regions, many domestic tobacco companies still need to import a large number of foreign tobacco leaves because of their output... Therefore, if someone breaks the war with China, it will also be a headache for Yan Guang.

But if you have a headache, can you have a headache?

As long as all the more than 100 submarines of the Navy are released and attacked the merchant ships and transport ships of Yuben, what will be the final result of Yuben?

"Submarines?"

When they heard this word, except for a few admirals of the navy, the rest of the people were almost silent. Because although the submarine at this time played a great role, it was obviously not as big as in later generations.

However, Yan Guang and several admirals are full of confidence, especially Yan Guang, no matter what, Yan Guang is also a military enthusiast, even if it is only half-hanging, but he still remembers the famous [Wolf Pack Tactics] in later generations, and he remembers the characteristics and essentials of [Wolf Pack Tactics] clearly.

At the same time, Yan Guang also knows very well how much role submarines can play, after all, in history, it is stronger than Britain and was almost driven crazy by the Germans, so he can't be more powerful than the British, right?

From the very beginning, Sakhalin was only a secondary battleground.

What really decided the fate of the entire war was the submarine force, which still looked very young. As long as the submarine force can successfully carry out the [breaking engagement], then even if the Sazhenbing in Sakhalin fails, it doesn't matter...―――――――――― a few days after the meeting, Yan Guang held several meetings with the people of the Ministry of National Defense again, and finally decided at the meeting that the submarine force would carry out the [breaking engagement], but after the operation was determined, Yan Guang did not immediately order the submarine force to carry out this task.

Because he was waiting, he was waiting for him to strike first.

If a person is too aggressive, it is easy to make enemies on all sides. Therefore, before the strength of the whole world is challenged, Yan Guang must be more restrained, not to mention that some time ago on the territorial issue of Russia, China was indeed too ostentatious... Unlike Yan Guang's hesitation, he was quite decisive in this regard, and just held a meeting in front of Emperor Taisho, and he had already decided to attack Chinese merchant ships and transport ships on the Pacific and Indian Ocean routes, and destroy China's sea lines of communication... Of course, this is also related to the fact that the main forces of the Chinese Navy are fighting with the Yue army in Sakhalin, otherwise he would not dare to make such a decision, after all, except for the two [Nagato]-class battleships under construction, there is no first-class opponent of China's [Baxia]-class battleships in service.

In the past few days of Yan Guang's meeting, in the waters near Sakhalin, an extremely fierce naval battle finally broke out between the fleets of the two sides.

In this naval battle, the cruisers and destroyers of the second and third lines of both sides lost more than a dozen ships, and the capital ships also suffered heavy losses. In this naval battle alone, the Japanese army lost two dreadnoughts, namely the first ship of the [Hanoi] class [Hanoi] and the second ship of the [Ise] class [Yuexiang].

In fact, not long after the naval battle began, the [Hanoi] was sent to the bottom of the sea by a salvo of two [Baxia]-class battleships. After being torpedoed by a [Chaofeng]-class cruiser, the [Yuexiang] was beaten by a [Baxia]-class battleship and a [Jairus]-class battlecruiser after losing part of its speed, and hit several torpedoes again, and held on to the sea for more than an hour before sinking.

In addition, the lead ship of the [King Kong]-class battle cruiser, the British-built "King Kong", also sank to the bottom of the sea more than half an hour after the naval battle began.

Forget about those cruisers and destroyers, the key is the loss of the capital ship. In the entire naval battle, Gentaro Yamashita lost almost one-third of his capital ships, and this battle can be described as a heavy loss for the army.

However, although the Yue army suffered heavy losses, the expeditionary fleet commanded by Kesa Zhenbing may not be much stronger than the Yue army. Not only did one [Baxia]-class battleship sink to the bottom of the sea, but even the [Jairus]-class battle cruiser also lost its combat effectiveness and had to break away from the battle with the help of two [Jinghai]-class cruisers, which were also seriously injured, and sail to Vladivostok, which had fallen into the hands of the expeditionary force.

There were not only Russian ship repair shops, but also a large number of Russian shipbuilders who [volunteered] to help the expeditionary force, so it was quite convenient to repair ships there.

In addition to the above-mentioned losses, many of the remaining ships of the Chinese and Chinese armies were also damaged, so the two sides had no choice but to take a break and breathe a sigh of relief after the naval battle. Especially for the Shoaxe, the current losses may still be within their tolerance range, but if the entire expeditionary fleet sinks, it will not be something that the Saionji Cabinet can bear.

Just because the sea is calm does not mean that the land is also calm.

After Akashi Genjiro took the initiative to withdraw from the two lines of defense and concentrate all his forces on the last line of defense, Lin Tiannan began to lead his troops to fight for the ownership of this line of defense with Akashi Genjiro.

Although the expeditionary force had a strong firepower advantage over the Chinese army, because the Chinese and Chinese armies were both being blockaded by the opposing fleet at sea at this time, they could only get basic supplies in the southern part of Lintian on Sakhalin Island.

Akashi Genjiro is even more miserable, but the Sixth Division is indeed stronger than Lin Tiannan in terms of hardship and hard work, so the two sides are on par in this regard.

It's just that the Wehrmacht is accustomed to fighting the enemy with the superiority of artillery, and the army does not care much about it, so on the contrary, the army has the upper hand.

And after losing part of the fire support of the heavy artillery group, although Lin Tiannan also launched attacks many times, it was only because Akashi Genjiro used those immobile [tanks] as pillboxes, so Lin Tiannan's progress was not very large.

The tanks equipped by the army are very different from the Type 15 and Type 16 tanks equipped by the Wehrmacht.

The British tanks purchased by the Japanese army and the self-developed [Taisho 7th Style] tanks are mostly equipped with a certain number of machine guns, unlike the Wehrmacht tanks, which mainly use artillery. In particular, the British Mark tank, at most of which even had 6 Lewis machine guns.

This tank may not be very useful in tank combat, but it can be very useful if it is only used against infantry. This is also one of the reasons why Lin Tiannan has not made progress after attacking for so long... After all, in front of so many machine-gun bunkers, it is really difficult to make any progress.

Although the fighting in Sakhalin was very lively, the two sides still did not declare war on each other.

It's just that although there is no declaration of war, it is actually no different from a declaration of war. After the battle in Sakhalin, a division of the Japanese army in the northeast withdrew to Korea by train before a group army of the Shenyang Military Region could surround it.

It can be seen that he also understands very well what will happen if he leaves this division in the northeast.

Of course, he didn't just withdraw the army, after withdrawing the army from the northeast, he began to use his forces in China, so that those [lords and factions] agitated for some [peace] in the country, and for a while, all kinds of ghosts, snakes, and gods appeared in major cities in the country, and they almost said famous sentences like "want **, don't want war".

And there is a sharp contrast between these anti-war sentiments in China and the situation in which all the people in China support the political axe.

However, it didn't take long for the main war faction in the country to follow suit, arguing with the main peace faction in all corners of the country, and even fighting a big fight. It didn't take long for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take action under Yan Guang's order, and took advantage of this opportunity to dig out a lot of [well-known people] who had been bought or blackmailed by him, but this chaos did not last long...―――――――――― On the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a merchant ship flying the Chinese flag was slowly moving towards the country at a speed of 10 knots.

Merchant ships were loaded with copper ore, which had recently been loaded in Chile and ready to be shipped back home. And at the bow of the merchant ship, the captain of the merchant ship was also looking at the calm sea in the distance with pride.

"After this trip, I can make a lot of money again..."

Because of the rapid development of industry, China has begun to transform from the original raw material production to an exporter of industrial products. It is just because some raw materials such as copper ore are relatively scarce in China, so they have to import a large number of copper ore and other raw materials abroad.

After all, copper is very important in all aspects, especially now that China has wars in Europe, the north and Sakhalin, the demand for copper is even greater, after all, bullets need copper to be made. Although in order to reduce the dependence on copper, the research of [steel shell bullets] has begun in China, but this work is estimated to be impossible to complete in seven or eight years, so the dependence on copper in the domestic industry and military still exists.

The captain of the ship sells the domestic industrial products to Chile and then transports the Chilean copper ore back to the country for sale.

Cheap and affordable Chinese goods are very popular in Chile, and the domestic demand for Chilean copper ore is also very high, and the Pacific Ocean is not full of German submarines like the Atlantic, and even if there is, it is usually open to Chinese merchant ships, so the captain has made a lot of money over the years.

This can be seen from his merchant ships, when the European war broke out in 14 years, his merchant ships were only a small merchant ship with a displacement of several hundred tons, but now it has been replaced by a large merchant ship of 10,000 tons―――――― of course, this is also related to the loan provided by the bank, after all, it is impossible to earn so much in 4 years, but the bank can provide loans, which also confirms the captain's ability to make money.

After all, unlike the state-owned banks that lend indiscriminately in later generations, although the banks of today are also state-owned, they are very cautious about loans... And then..."When this transaction is over, do you want to take the yellow-faced woman in the family away, and then take one or two concubines?" ”

Feeling the warm deck wind on the bow of the ship, the captain thought so, although he and the yellow-faced woman at home have always been in love with each other over the years, but since he has developed, the original partner of the family has always opposed his concubine, although he has not been less fond of the house outside while being opposed, but to be honest, he is indeed a little impatient with the yellow-faced woman at home... But after thinking about it, he still dispelled this idea, after all, the yellow-faced mother-in-law in the family has been married to him for many years, and has given birth to a son and a daughter for him, plus there is nothing bad except for jealousy, and because of the relationship between giving birth to two sons, he is also very open in front of the second elder, he goes out all the year round, and his two sons and a daughter are also more towards his wife, if it really makes trouble to the extent of Zhang Chunhua, then he will lose face, not to mention that the second elder may not support himself in this matter... But..."Even if you can't divorce your wife, it's okay to have a few more outhouses outside..."

Thinking about this, the captain was happy again, because of the European war during this period, a large number of women also began to work with male surnames, and in some areas of the south, there were even textile factories that specially recruited female surnames, after all, women were indeed much stronger than frizzy male surnames in this regard.

As a result, the status of women is also unprecedentedly high in the country, and almost one-third of the members of the National Assembly have female surnames. Therefore, all the calls for improving the status of women and protecting women's rights and interests naturally appeared, and the highest call among them was to abolish the concubinage system and advocate monogamy..."Abolish three wives and four concubines? ”

Do you think, can Yan Guang agree to this kind of thing? Even if Yan Guang agreed, it would be impossible for the majority of male compatriots to agree. Therefore, since the establishment of the national social political axe, although this matter has to be mentioned again every year, it has been bankrupt again and again under the secret suppression of Yan Guang himself and the joint resistance of the majority of male parliamentarians... Despite this, as there are more and more [male destroyers] who support monogamy, people like the captain of the ship have more and more sense of crisis, which is why the captain is so anxious to take a concubine, because when monogamy is really implemented, he will not be able to take a concubine blatantly.

If you accept it before that, you can't do it afterwards, but can you save the ones that were accepted beforehand, right?

"It's a pity, why doesn't that yellow-faced woman understand my heart..."

Just as the captain was sighing in his heart, the shouts of the lookouts suddenly came from overhead.

"Captain, there is a situation!!

“！？”

didn't care about continuing to think about his yellow-faced wife, and the captain hurriedly ran back to the bridge.

You know, even in later generations, there were still Somali pirates and Malacca pirates, although the British in this era regularly cleaned the [small troubles] on the route, but the pirates could not be cleaned.

Over the years, although Dong Tiansheng has encountered pirates, he has also heard more than once that his colleagues have been hijacked by pirates, not only the entire ship of goods has been looted, but even his life has not been left.

"Grandma's, isn't it possible that you don't even have a chance to raise a foreign house..."

When he thought about it, the alarm had already sounded all over the ship, and the sailors all took out new Mauser rifles and old Hanyang-made ―――――― to sail on the sea.

It didn't take long for the people on the merchant ship to see what the so-called [situation] was.

"A warship?"

Seeing that it was a warship, the whole ship was somewhat relieved, although there were many bastards who were soldiers in these years, but it was better to run into a warship than to meet pirates, right?

However, before Dong Tiansheng could finish their breath, the flag fluttering on the warship had already fallen into their eyes.

"It's my warship!!"

The fact that he appeared in front of him was his own warship made the people on the merchant ship somewhat flustered.

You know, at this time, it is in a state of war between China and China, although war has not yet been declared, but who does not know that it is already his enemy country? Now that they've run into my own warship, if they're looking for trouble... Thinking so, Dong Tiansheng and the seafarers had already secretly prayed.

Unfortunately, this impromptu move doesn't seem to have much effect. It didn't take long for the warship to sail to the vicinity of the merchant ship, and in the face of the warning sound of Yue himself and the few naval guns that had been turned, Dong Tiansheng could only order the ship to stop.

Not long after the ship stopped, a group of sailors led by two officers boarded the merchant ship.

"Copper Mine..."

After discovering that the merchant ship was loaded with copper ore, the officer's eyes lit up.

You must know that copper ore is a raw material that is very scarce in China, let alone in the capital. Therefore, it didn't take long for another group of sailors to board the merchant ship, and under the threat of the sailors, although Dong Tiansheng and others were unwilling, they could only drive the merchant ship to return to the merchant ship with the warship.

However, in this process, there were also many sailors who thought about resisting, but unfortunately they were facing a group of well-trained soldiers after all, so the resistance was quickly suppressed. News of the hijacking of merchant ships quickly spread back to China, and at the same time, news of many merchant ships being hijacked or simply sunk came back.

In the face of such news, the whole country was boiling, and those [well-known people] who originally advocated peace talks also disappeared one by one, because his actions not only angered the people, but also touched the interests of many big people.

And many members of the National Assembly are also funded by them.

Originally, they were anti-war because it was not in their interests to go to war, but now that they have hijacked or sunk their merchant ships, it is not something that these capitalists can tolerate.

"It seems that now the submarine force can finally be dispatched ..."

Throwing the newly published newspaper aside in his hand, after walking out of the window and glancing at the angry scene outside, Yan Guang shook his head and said with a smile.

And after hearing his words, Yue Chang on the side also nodded and said.

"That's right, now it can be said that the whole country is indignant, and public opinion has completely sided with us..." President, this is the list that has just been counted by the Directorate of Military Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."

Yan Guang nodded, and then took a closer look... But it didn't take long for him to frown.

"Wang Jingwei?"

Yue Chang was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "That's right, there is this person..."Yue Chang sighed. I didn't expect that the righteous man who [led the knife into a fast and lived up to the head of the youth] actually became his minion..."

The information that Yue Chang handed over to Yan Guang was the list of [celebrities in society] who were bought by Yue himself, and all of them here were bought by Yu himself, or [Han Jian] who was funded by Yu himself.

It's just that what Yue Chang doesn't know is that Yan Guang is not surprised that Wang Jingwei, a former righteous man, will be bought by himself, but is surprised, why is Wang Jingwei still on this path at this time?

"Could it be that history cannot be reversed?"

Yan Guang couldn't figure out why Wang Jingwei, a smart man and a former hot-blooded young man, still worked for Yue himself in an era when China had completely surpassed Yue's book?

"Have all the people on this list been arrested?"

"Not yet..."

"That's good..."Yan Guang scratched his head. Except for this person. Yan Guang pointed to Wang Jingwei's name. I'll arrest the rest of the people, and then do whatever I want..."

Saying that, Yan Guang looked at Yue Chang again. "Then tell Liu Guanxiong that the submarine force can be dispatched."

"Yes!"

Yue Chang put his legs together and turned around and left Yan Guang's office.

And Yan Guang said softly in his heart while looking at the people demonstrating outside through the window.

"Let me teach you what it means to really break the war..."

(To be continued)